Previous British pop singer Gary Glitter was on Tuesday purchased to pay out a female he sexually abused as a little one additional than $637,000 in damages.
The 80-year-outdated, whose true name is Paul Gadd, shot to fame in the 1970s as a “glam-rock” star prior to he was later on frequently convicted and jailed for little one sexual intercourse crimes.
Gadd was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2015 after staying observed responsible of indecently assaulting a few girls in the 1970s.
One particular of people three victims, who reported she was 12 when Gadd raped and sexually assaulted her, sued the singer at London’s Large Court docket for damages brought on by the abuse.
Choose Amanda Tipples on Tuesday awarded the lady $647,730 in damages after a hearing in March at which Gadd was not present or represented by attorneys.
The damages awarded to the female, who is now 60 a long time aged and cannot be named as a victim of sexual abuse, included $485,400 for decline of earnings.
Gadd could not be reached for remark.
Earlier this calendar year, he lost a bid to be released from jail on parole.
Gadd was very first jailed in 1999 for possession of youngster pornography and afterwards moved to Cambodia, but was deported in 2002 due to suspected intercourse offenses.
In 2006, a Vietnamese court convicted him of committing obscene functions with two women aged 10 and 11 and sentenced him to 4 several years in jail.
On his launch, he returned to Britain.
